As noted last night, Sam progressed from the scoot to the walk last night, all for the benefit of the assembled media (that being Dad’s video camera). As you can see, his scoot of the last 4 months or so prepared him well to take to walking like a pro! Click on the right arrow in the video player above.
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See ya later, scoot
Just had to blog this now, video to follow shortly. After Amy’s relatives reminded me that I really need to make sure to capture Sam’s unique scoot (one leg up, one leg down, rather like he’s proposing to someone) on video, I tried to do so this afternoon. Well, as I was rolling, Sam decides to stand up (which he’d done a few times in the last few weeks), but rather than take a single step or two, he takes off on a tear, first walking six steps, then eight, then ten, then twenty. All in all, he walked back and forth in our back room for about ten minutes, taking over 150 steps – and best of all, the moment was captured on video. Yes, dad is heard on camera uttering the words ‘Holy Crap,’, but come on – our lives have now changed forever. Look for the video soon.
Siena & NYC Wrap Up
On Saturday, we explored Manhattan briefly and then headed out to Brooklyn to meet Siena Camille. What a cutie! We had great fun riding the subway out (less so on the local returning), and Baila and Arthur hosted a fabulous spread – and we won’t hold Arthur responsible for showing Sam how to use his beloved Dustbuster ;-). More photos of the afternoon in Brooklyn are here. That evening, we had a sitter for Sam and had a fab dinner at Abboccato – a very lovely meal. 
Amy and I split the Spaghettini – with razor clams sliced like garlic, toasted bread crumbs for a lovely toothy effect, and pressed mullet roe for a wonderfully briny flavor. I’d never had this experience, but every sip of the Montefalco Rosso Tiburzi that Marty had selected (on the basis of being lost in Montefalco on a trip to Italy once) really opend up the flavor of the sea. Yummy! On Sunday, we checked out of the hotel and headed to Blooomingdales for some good shopping opps for the ladies – and had a chance to walk amidst the annual Pride parade in NYC. Photos of all that fun are here. It was a great weekend spent with Sam’s grandparents, Amy’s niece Kailey, and the extended Golus-Celedonia-Sparacin clan. Hope to do it again sometime soon!
Meet the Twins!
After visiting Miriam in the hospital when she was on bed rest a few weeks back, I was thrilled to get a chance to see her, Steven and the newest additions to the extended family – Chella and Grey. They are awfully cute, if still awfully tiny. Sam seemed to enjoy seeing them – but may have bonded more with the dog, Freddie. More photos here.